r/retail

Store Managers how do you reward your team when you make budgets and earn that bonus?

Team members how would you like to be rewarded?

I'm a store manager and looking for some ideas.

It's summer and you would think that giant retailer like Target would stock items often purchased during this time, like camping accessories, tents. Just got back from Target to buy a tent for an upcoming trip, and I was told they discontinued in-store camping accessories. Target has been reduced to just selling Stanley cups (at least two aisles of the cups), expired produce and overpriced cheap clothing. And now they retreat instead of a doubling down. That is Target, though. They retreat rather than compete. Hope they fail.

I'm a new hire at best buy and I feel as if I should adopt a sort of stretching, dynamic stretching or movement routine in order to keep my body healthy.

Started a retail job 3 months ago after 10 years away. Manager wants to cross train me in the framing department because I have many decades experience in picture framing. The problem is, my pay isn’t great. Would it sound presumptuous if I said “sure, for more money”? It’s been 3 months and I’m doing a stellar job as head of my own department. I’ve heard from other people who get asked to train for other departments and they don’t get paid any more for doing more work. Or should I just shut up and do it?

First of all, as i said, It's my first time having a job (pet shop) and I'll be working 9-5. I would love if anyone had some tips on keeping energy for the job. I also would like to know how breaks work? On the first day, do you pick when you have your break or is it for the employer to decide? Sorry if thats a stupid question. Overthinking is unfortunately how I roll sometimes lmao. And, if anyone has anything else they'd like to add, itll probably help a lot!

Is anyone else reaching the point where they’re exhausted by being asked to round up or donate at every checkout? Between higher prices, tip requests everywhere, and now constant donation prompts, it feels like consumers are being asked to make up the difference for everything.
I have no issue donating to charities I choose, but I don’t like feeling pressured every time I buy groceries, a cup of coffee, or wherever. And while it’s “only a few cents” each time, those round-ups add up over dozens or hundreds of transactions throughout the year. It’s easy to brush off 37¢ here or 62¢ there, but it becomes another recurring expense on top of everything else. And it slows down the checkout process.
Not to mention that most of the time I have no idea about the organization the merchant is affiliated with and whether I should support said organization.
I’d rather decide when, where, and how much I donate than be asked at virtually every checkout.

Does anyone else feel this way?

So I (F, a baby CSA) just started working at Walgreens around May and I feel like I’m still in the learning stage. I am still in high school, I try my best during shifts— but I genuinely feel like I have 2 brain cells. I’ll be on register but also try to do tasks between customers when it’s not busy (like bays, promo, cleaning, etc.).

The thing is, my ESM has been kind of strict with me lately. She’s told me things like I’m not paying attention or not trying enough, but I genuinely am trying. I just feel like I’m still new and I don’t always know everything off the top of my head yet, especially when I’m switching between register and tasks.

Other shift leads are more chill and will just give tasks and if it gets done, it gets done. But with her it feels more intense and like I’m already supposed to be fully trained and fast. And yes I do understand that it shouldn’t take me 2 hours just to do one bay, but then again like… I have to checkout customers and not even to mention if they need a reload and a manager has to approve it etc.

This particular shift I only got 4 bays to do, cleaning promo aisle, trash, and dusting the restroom from top to bottom. Well ofc i’m
slow and I only got to 3 out of the 4 bays, and i got to clean up promo but i didn’t get to the restrooms and one of my other coworkers did the trash for me.

Now I’m starting to feel like maybe I’m just not doing good enough, even though I am trying. Just asking you guys for any advice or any performance tips that can make me go faster while i’m at the register?

So I guess my question is:
Am I overthinking this as a new employee, or is this something I should actually worry about?

Since I work at a liquor store with my bat shit insane coworkers, it would be like a cross between a 90s sitcom and The Office. The title I'm still thinking of, but the theme song would be like from Friends 😂

My younger daughter has started a summer job at a boutique chocolate shop in a very busy touristy area. She is often the only one on the floor, with a manager sometimes in a back office. She is expected to restock the product while there are long queues of customers. The product is often custom gift-wrapped as well, which leads to longer lines. She is often reprimanded for not restocking quickly enough, but she is indignant that she prioritize customers (she is also 18 and indignant about everything).

I do agree with her that restocking while customers browse does not correlate with the boutique shopping experience the shop is going for. I think the manager wants a bit of obsequious service but only wants to pay for one girl on the floor. I also think the restocking while busy looks tacky, but they also have a lot of product turnover.

Would love some perspective here and some advice I can give my daughter. She is the type who would talk back to a manager and insist that the customer's experience is the most important thing, and she'd risk getting fired speaking her mind like that!

Hey guys, so earlier this year my friend fought a customer at walmart. I tried to break the fight up. Since im
An associate and was yelling at my friend to stop fighting walmart has now said I was involved in the fight. Long story short im suspended and it’s been over 6 months. The cameras plainly saw I was not involved physically in the fight and I even stepped back once I
Couldn’t get her to stop. Since the suspension has been so long does anyone with previous history know if this will lead to a termination ?

Hello everyone! I’m not so sure if this is the right place to put this, but i’ve recently gotten my “first” job at a retail store. on Sunday I’ve had my first shift where I spent most the day stocking then getting trained on the cash register. Now, I have a few questions I’d wanted to ask but was to nervous to and hoping I’d get a couple of answers here, and if I don’t i’ll suck it up and ask in person. I figured they were to embarrassing because they were really easy questions to be answered I feel, I just couldn’t..

so uh..

1. Am I supposed to ask a higher-up what they want me to do for the day?
2. Am I supposed to leech off others whilst stocking, or am I meant to go towards the back and take out my own?
3. Are you meant to arrive a little earlier but not clock in? yk just in case?

Sorry if these are a little bare bones, but if anyone else also has tips or any other advice for me, id be glad to know!

You know, when they toss/throw items or money toward you instead of just setting them down or handing them to you. It’s dehumanizing and makes me feel like an animal. And it’s so hard not to say anything, or just throw it right back at them.

Most notably out of the innumerable times this has happened, a guy threw a pack of beef jerky on the counter from five feet away, startling the fuck out of me and nearly hitting me with it. Then he came up smiling like nothing was wrong… it took all my willpower to not tell him to set his shit down like a normal human being. Why are some people so fucking stupid?

A developer said they're looking for a "15,000- to 20,000-square-foot national experiential tenant" at an outdoor shopping mall in Nebraska by house… my son and I are trying to guess what that store could be. What national chains do you think fit that description?

I am a high preforming salaried store manager at a company that ive been with for over 6 years… i gave two weeks a little under a week ago. My boss (district manager) told my assistant before me - including where i was going. He also told all of my fellow store manager peers before i could tell them.

Hes being incredibly rude and short despite me actually thanking him for being one of the best DMs ive had

Keep in mind, i was only leaving because i got a better offer. Not because i didnt love the company anymore.

With this behavior, despite my stanch work record and ethic, I’ve contemplated just giving my keys up due to the disrespect and immaturity of this environment.

Am i overreacting?

I know that the workers in the store are required by the higher ups to do it but it just seems very insincere and a bit much. Not sure if anyone else is slightly as bothered by it and dread when they enter a store like this not just "five below" but other stores where the yellow the greeting.

Seriously, we are adults here. If you don't like something private I told others, mind your goddamn business. I got in trouble because someone either overheard what I said or got offended by what I said. The store managers are also supposed to tattle on employees for stupid things. A manager tattled on me for being "rude" to a customer to the general manager. I wasn't even rude. All I told the customer was "I don't have that product, go to paint department". I wonder why that wuss who tattled on me for asking personal questions (when we were friends) couldn't just tell me he was uncomfortable? I have Asperger's, I don't always know what is appropriate between friends.

Hey everyone, I just need to vent and desperately need some advice on how to handle my situation.
I’m 15 (almost 16), in high school, and my grades are decent. The biggest issue is that my family is broke, I have zero money, and my home life is incredibly toxic.
Right now, it's summer break. I’ve already applied for a part-time retail job because I desperately need financial independence and don't want to waste my time no more. I still want to relax a bit during my holidays, but my dad makes every single day miserable.
For absolutely no reason, he’ll walk into my room, demand I turn off the Wi-Fi, and confiscate my phone. I tell him why he does that and that piece of shit goes like "because I can - because I want" He goes to work 9 to 5 comes home and constantly shittalks my grades, projects failure onto me, and tells me I won't get far in life. He is the definition of an idiot, yet he claims he’s "wasting his energy and lifespan" on me. He deliberately goes out of his way to force me into doing nonsense tasks just to get a reaction out of me and show his dominance. I’m pushing 16, and he is still treating me like a damn 9-year-old.
I feel trapped, angry, and exhausted from dealing with the constant negativity while trying to build a future for myself. All I want is to live a happy, fulfilled, independent, stress-free life where I’m financially secure and surrounded by people who actually care.

• How do I deal with a parent who constantly targets me, power-trips, and takes my tech?
• Has anyone worked a part-time retail job at 15/16? What should I expect?
• Any survival tips on how to cope with the next few years until I am old enough to move out?

Thanks for reading.